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Philippines GIS data sources

Region
South-Eastern Asia
ISO 3166
PH · PHL
Sources
14
Themes
10
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Philippines: 14 sources across 10 themes, led by UN OCHA and Government of the Philippines. 5 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 2 cover elevation including LiDAR. 5 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Philippines

Boundaries & admin 3

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • NAMRIA (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Mixed

    National Mapping and Resource Information Authority

    National mapping agency: topographic maps, land cover and nautical charts; much data via the Philippine Geoportal.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Elevation / DEM
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    namria.gov.ph

    Verified

  • Philippines - Subnational Administrative Boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of subnational administrative boundaries with P-codes; source: National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA).

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    File geodatabase, Shapefile, GeoJSON, XLSX
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    William & Mary geoLab

    JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Varies (open; see metadata)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    geoboundaries.org

    Verified

Elevation / DEM 1

Free DEM, LiDAR and elevation data for every country

  • LiPAD – LiDAR Portal for Archiving and Distribution (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free with registration

    University of the Philippines DREAM/Phil-LiDAR · Major river basins and floodplains

    LiDAR point clouds, 1 m DTM/DSM, orthophotos and flood hazard maps for river basins; free registration.

    • Elevation / DEM
    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    Free with registration; see terms
    Formats
    LAZ, GeoTIFF, Shapefile
    Link
    lipad.dream.upd.edu.ph

    Verified

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of Philippines (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HDX)

    OpenStreetMap building footprints exported by HOT and refreshed regularly.

    • Buildings
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage, GeoParquet, Shapefile, GeoJSON, PMTiles
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

Population 2

Gridded population data for every country

  • Philippines - Subnational Population Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of population estimates by administrative unit, joinable to the COD-AB via P-codes; source: Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA).

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    XLSX, CSV
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • WorldPop population data – Philippines (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WorldPop, University of Southampton

    100 m and 1 km gridded population counts, age/sex structure and related layers.

    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    hub.worldpop.org

    Verified

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

  • Philippine Statistics Authority (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Philippine Statistics Authority

    National statistics; publishes the Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) used to join to boundaries.

    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    psa.gov.ph

    Not verified (site blocks automated checks) · 18 Oct 2026 (no response)

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

  • PAGASA climate data (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Paid

    PAGASA

    Climatological normals and extremes by station; detailed data on request.

    • Climate & weather
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    CSV
    Link
    pagasa.dost.gov.ph

    Verified

Natural hazards 2

Natural hazard data for every country

  • HazardHunterPH (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    PHIVOLCS / DOST

    Location-based seismic, volcanic and hydro-meteorological hazard assessments from the GeoRiskPH programme.

    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    hazardhunter.georisk.gov.ph

    Verified

  • Project NOAH (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    UP Resilience Institute

    Flood, landslide and storm-surge hazard maps nationwide.

    • Natural hazards
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    noah.up.edu.ph

    Verified

Open data portal 2

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • data.gov.ph (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Free

    Government of the Philippines

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    Varies by dataset
    Link
    data.gov.ph

    Verified

  • Philippine Geoportal (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    NAMRIA

    National geoportal with NAMRIA base maps, land cover and agency layers (WMS).

    • Open data portal
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    geoportal.gov.ph

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Philippines

Worldwide and continental layers that include Philippines, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.

Boundaries & admin
Elevation / DEM
Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Transport
Hydrology
Climate & weather
Natural hazards
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